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JSWD Architekten is a Cologne‑based architecture and urban design firm founded in 2000 by partners Jürgen Steffens, Olaf Drehsen, and brothers Konstantin and Frederik Jaspert. Their design ethos emphasizes conceptual clarity, material restraint, and a holistic approach to built context, what they term “Baukultur”, aiming for durable, sustainable architecture that reflects both site-specific identity and user‑centered corporate expression
Curve X, a six-story office building in Düsseldorf by JSWD, completes a deep urban block with an X-shaped plan. A concave street elevation forms a sheltered forecourt and unifies entry,…
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JSWD’s Neuer Kanzlerplatz in Bonn reconstitutes a disjointed urban condition into a porous office campus defined by material precision, spatial clarity, and infrastructural reuse. Occupying a historically significant triangular site…
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The Brühl City Hall and Library project in Brühl, Germany, offers a compelling integration of historic preservation and contemporary civic architecture. Designed by JSWD, this extension adds a modern layer…
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